• Researchers: Factory jobs were hit by trade deal with China
  Giving China "permanent normal trade relations" status in 2000 has reduced U.S. manufacturing employment by 29.6%, according to a paper by Federal Reserve researcher Justin Pierce and Yale University's Peter Schott. Without the deal, U.S. manufacturing jobs would have increased by about 10% rather than contracting, they concluded. The Washington Post/Wonkblog (1/6)      

• Fund managers expect high-yield-bond rally to lose momentum
  High-yield bonds gave a return of nearly 0.75% after the calendar turned to 2013 last week, but fund managers believe the rally is nearing an end. Many investors say further gains are unlikely with the average price of high-yield corporate debt at 105 cents on the dollar. The Wall Street Journal (1/6)      

• What type of CFO are you?
  The role of finance chief is changing, but it is widely agreed the position shouldn't stretch so far as to become ineffective, write Ankur Agrawal, John Goldie and Bill Huyett. There are four profiles of the "new" CFO -- the finance expert, the generalist, the performance leader and the growth champion -- all of which have their pros and cons, the trio write. McKinsey Quarterly (free registration) (1/2013)      

• Legislation could make it easier to manage mobile workers
  Legislation in Congress would restrict states from taxing employees for work outside that state as long it's less than 30 days per year. If the bills pass, it would make it easier for companies to deploy and manage mobile workforces. Business Finance (1/1)      

• How to filter your networking requests
  Networking is important for a career, but at a certain point one has to sift through invitations and requests, strategy consultant Dorie Clark writes. Vet new contacts through an existing network and avoid saying "yes" too easily to all requests, Clark recommends. Harvard Business Review online/HBR Blog Network (free registration) (1/4)      

• Get personal to engage your team
  John Bossong writes that when his 17-year-old daughter picked up her first paycheck, she found that her boss had added a brief handwritten note welcoming her and encouraging her to give her all. That simple act showed the boss' commitment to achieving a "higher purpose" and keeping workers motivated and engaged, Bossong writes. "If you want a team that is unified and aligned, make leadership personal," he writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Leadership (1/3)      

• Sometimes "giving the shirt off your back" means more than others
  A businessman in India invested $230,000 in gold -- a gold shirt, that is. Lender Datta Phuge ordered the shirt for new year's events. It took more than 24 goldsmiths to make it. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model)/Money & Co. blog (1/5)      

Top five news stories selected by SmartBrief for CFOs readers in the past week.

• IRS releases guidance for Affordable Care Act (Accounting Today)

• "Fiscal cliff" bill clears Congress (Bloomberg)

• CFOs have a wealth of career choices in 2013 (Business Finance)

• 5 career tips for 2013 (The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (tiered subscription model))

• Some unusual laws take effect in U.S. (Yahoo)

• Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.

As your visibility increases, you have to put better screening mechanisms in place -- the reward being a lot more time and a lot less hassle in your professional life." --Dorie Clark, writing in Harvard Business Review online's HBR Blog Network