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Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

January 18th, 2026 - 09:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

ALBAWABA - A bizarre and unusual video has gone viral on social media, showing a New York City jeweler cooking a steak on three gold bars. The sight astonished viewers and garnered millions of views within hours. In the video, the jeweler explained that gold is one of the fastest conductors of heat, causing it to heat up very quickly. He asserted that cooking a steak on gold takes three ...

HSBC will discontinue sales of any new Wealth Investment or Wealth Insurance products in Lebanon, Jordan and Bahrain from 07 October 2013.

September 1st, 2013 - 01:39 GMT

HSBC suspends wealth management in three MENA countries

UAE airlines’ expansion in the region has helped boost numbers of Saudi Arabian visitors to the UAE.

September 1st, 2013 - 01:21 GMT

Saudi spending habits driving UAE retail revenues

Based on the agreement, Iran would earn $3.7 billion a year from natural gas exports to Iraq.

September 1st, 2013 - 12:55 GMT

Iran to remain bound by gas export deal with Iraq

Qantas which reduced its international losses from $484 million to $246 million in financial year 2012-13, still has to cover a long distance before flying on high altitude.

September 1st, 2013 - 10:27 GMT

Qantas and Emirates airline about to reach higher profit altitudes

The bank has said it is providing financial institutions with U.S. dollars at the rate of 175 pounds since last month.

September 1st, 2013 - 09:45 GMT

Syrian regime has had enough --with currency flight

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing technical assistance to GCC states in this regard.

September 1st, 2013 - 08:24 GMT

Learning the lesson: GCC plans emergency nuke alert system

QNB Group, the largest GCC bank by assets, is the only Qatari bank in the top ten list and was the fastest growing bank with total assets expanding by 30 percent in the 12 months to end-June 2013.

September 1st, 2013 - 07:38 GMT

Top ten GCC banks among the fastest growing globally

The case for Dubai received a significant boost last week with the New York Times suggesting that the emirate was the frontrunner — and deservedly so. (Pictured: An artist impression of the site where the expo will be held).

September 1st, 2013 - 07:38 GMT

Why Dubai is about to win the Expo 2020 bid

The government would present its economic programme to Gulf Arab countries, in particular the United Arab Emirates, which has already agreed to finance medical projects and 10 wheat silos.

August 29th, 2013 - 12:28 GMT

Egypt unveils new economic roadmap

Abe is on a six-day trip through Thursday that has taken him to Bahrain, Kuwait, Djibouti and Qatar.

August 29th, 2013 - 11:09 GMT

After signing with Bahrain, Japan now building strategic partnership with Qatar

Many of Indian travellers to Jordan, mainly from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, went to Jordan for religious reasons. Pictured: Mount Nebo. (Photo Credit: Getty Images).

August 29th, 2013 - 07:46 GMT

Jordan unveils its religious attractions to woo Indian tourists

While the correction in Dubai was partly due to the geopolitical tension, it was also looking for a chance to correct, as some experts believe it was an overheated market.

August 29th, 2013 - 07:30 GMT

Dubai and Saudi bourses see heavy buying, others still struggling