The UK's decision to withdraw from the EU has roiled global markets and is expected to hit the US economy in various ways, including an increase in the value of the US dollar. "The UK vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions," Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers this week.

The Defense Department has lifted its civilian hiring freeze after three months. The freeze was instituted to make sure positions weren't filled that would ultimately be cut as the Pentagon adjusts the size of its headquarters staff.

A new analysis examines the relationship between tech-industry jobs and poverty in 300 metropolitan areas between 2005 and 2011. The researchers found that "although the effects of tech do not seem to reach those in poverty and, particularly, in extreme poverty, they do affect the wages of those with the lowest level of education."

Chicago businesses will be required to let their employees earn up to five days of paid sick leave per 12-month period under an ordinance passed by the City Council on Wednesday. Chicago is the latest of more than two dozen US cities to require companies to offer paid sick leave.

Leaders need to focus on soft skills such as listening, having good body language and communicating effectively, write David Sturt and Todd Nordstrom. "Hard skills might be what get you the job -- but soft skills are what drive friendship, success and happiness at work," they write.

Swedish soccer player Adam Lindin Ljungkvist has been thrown out of a game for passing gas, which he says is the "strangest thing I have ever experienced in football." Referee Dany Kako explains: "I perceived it as deliberate provocation. He did it on purpose, and it was inappropriate."