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Greenback likely to stay under pressure in near term but find relief by mid-year, currency experts argue.

According to Fortune’s crystal ball, your salary increase will be just so-so this year. You’re also more likely to catch a cold in the office. Here’s what to expect at work in 2008.

While there is truth to the old adage that “you’ve gotta pay to play,” many companies are building compensation packages in a vacuum, with little, or no connection to actual business goals. In fact, throwing money around–in the form of substantial CEO pay packages and recruitment signing bonuses–is not doing much to improve business success or employee retention. CNet News reports.

Could you go all day Friday without using e-mail? As The Wall Street Journal reports, that’s what many companies are now asking their employees to do.

Grant Thornton LLP suggests it is time law, engineering and architecture firms rethink their business models.