War for talent boosts pay in many sectors

There’s nothing like being in demand to boost your ego … and your paycheck.

Homes: What a million bucks buys
Our quarterly look at what a million-bucks gets you.

Most expensive colleges
You need at least $35,130 a year to get into one of these schools. New numbers from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Score a cheap airline ticket
When you hear “JetBlue,” “AirTran” or “Southwest,” you think “cheap fares.” These and other low-cost airlines have rapidly expanded in the past six years, bringing bargains to more markets and burnishing their reputations as the value-minded traveler’s best friend.

Leave a good portfolio alone
Question: With North Korea testing nuclear weapons and all the other troubling things in the world, I’m thinking of switching around my current 401(k) contributions – move the money that currently goes to international funds into domestic bonds instead. Do you think this is a good idea? -Latrice, Princeton, N.J.