NEW YORK, April 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- This week's Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition will report on a broad range of informative business and lifestyle stories written by the Journal's award-winning reporters. The week's Weekend Edition will be available via home delivery and newsstands on April 7-8.
The following are the top stories from The Wall Street Journal's Weekend Edition:
A-Section Centerpiece: * The tug of war between tradition and modernity plays out in virtually every aspect of Saudi society, but nowhere more so than in the lives of its women. A visit to the region finds mounting pressures for liberalization, pockets of surprising change and optimism, perhaps naive, among younger women that their lives will be far freer. Money & Investing: * 401(k) Plans: Millions of Americans have several old 401(k) plans -- each one left over from a previous job. The Journal lists the smartest steps for dealing with this tangle of paperwork. In some cases it makes sense to merge them into one, while under other circumstances it is actually more advantageous to leave the money where it is. * Tax Tips: The Journal provides tips to avoid being audited. There are a number of smart steps you can take -- and red flags you can avoid sending up -- as the IRS gets tougher on tax dodgers and cheaters. Pursuits: * PGA Masters Tournament: The Journal considers 10 reasons why the Masters is different from any other major golf tournament. Notable reasons include: the palpable history of the tournament, the enigma of the course and the limited commercial, high-definition television coverage of the event. * High-end Watch Market: A new generation of high-rolling collectors has begun to raid the high-end watch market, driving up global demand and fueling a feeding frenzy for perennially scarce models. * Fashionable Abayas: Billowing black abayas that shroud the shape -- and protect the virtue -- of Saudi women used to be as monotonous as a Mao suit in communist China. Not anymore. While the abaya remains black and obligatory, always including matching head and sometimes face covering, many women now exercise a measure of fashion independence by selecting the shape and decoration of their abayas.
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