'Creative destruction'

The Institute of Directors has likened the protest to the machine-breakers of the 19th Century who tried and failed to stop the spread of the power loom.

 

"Black cabs have been a symbol of London for many decades, known across the world. But symbols, no matter how iconic, cannot be allowed to stand in the way of innovation," said director general Simon Walker 戒煙.

 

"Uber and its rival apps are an example of the positive disruption new technology brings, offering consumers new choices about how to travel.

 

"The battle over taxi apps gets to the heart of what creative destruction means. As a nation, we have to decide whether we want to open ourselves up to more choice and competition, or protect existing industries at the expense of consumers," he added.

 

Uber was taking the protest in its stride and not missing the opportunity to advertise its services.

 

"Our technology allows us to identify areas where demand is high and we'll be helping Londoners to get around town quickly and efficiently," said Jo Bertram, UK and Ireland general manager virtual office.

 

As well as London, traffic problems are expected in key European cities as traditional cabbies in Rome, Paris, Berlin and Milan join the protests 居屋二按.

Geoff Hurst was a fine centre-forward, a player who in his own typically astute analysis was "comfortable in world-class company".

The history of football has produced many better strikers but the honour of being the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final belongs to Hurst.

The World Cup is kind to some, and cruel to others. If Hurst can be placed in the former category, then the latter would have to include Zico, Brazil's outstanding player in those years of frustration between 1970 and 1994 when the game's biggest trophy eluded them.

Perhaps not appreciated outside his native land is the extent to which Zico is a working-class hero, a skinny kid from Rio's poor suburbs who was on a mission.

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I hope to see the same approach from Brazil as in the Confederations Cup in 2013; trying to impose its game, trying to impose its rhythm, trying to impose the fact that they are playing at home

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Zico

Brazil legend

"In my career I always tried to improve to become one of the great players, because I felt I had received a gift from God and I had to make good use of it, to become worthy of having received this talent," said the 61-year-old.

But his prodigious work ethic - first on the training field, last off it - was never quite enough to land the World Cup. Indeed, in his last chance at the trophy, in 1986, he may have proved too eager for his own good.

He had suffered a serious knee injury "and I asked the coach not to take me to Mexico, because I thought I wasn't going to be fit enough". He was talked out of it, and worked around the clock.

"I had to do lots of exercises. I couldn't train with my team-mates and I trained separately on a machine to build up my muscles."

He was only fit enough to make second-half substitute appearances but when he came on against France in the quarter-final his pass instantly split the opposition defence and led to a penalty to Brazil.

He stepped up to take it but says: "I wasn't in the same rhythm as the other players, which maybe contributed to the fact that I hit it differently from usual, and their keeper Joel Bats made the save.

 

Ornella Barra

 

• Company: Alliance Boots

 

• Global MPW rank: 21

 

Ornella Barra's first job was working in a pharmacy in the town of Chiavari, near Genoa in Northern Italy. Barra, now chief executive, Wholesale and Brands for Alliance Boots, subsequently managed the pharmacy, and then bought it.

 

Elizabeth Corley

 

• Company: Allianz Global Investors

 

• Global MPW rank: 32

 

Allianz Global Investors CEO Elizabeth Corley says her first "proper" job was as a filing clerk at Sun Alliance (now Royal Sun Alliance, a British insurer), though she did have an earlier gig selling shoes.

 

Karen Agustiawan

 

• Company: Pertamina

 

• Global MPW rank: 33

 

After graduation from Bandung Institute of Technology, Pertamina CEO Karen Agustiawan took a technical position with Mobil Oil Indonesia. At the time, a mother of two, she was the only woman oil technician/worker in the Arun oil exploration field in Aceh, Indonesia.

 

Lubna Olayan

 

• Company: Olayan Financing

 

• Global MPW rank: 43

 

Lubna Olayan, CEO of Saudi Arabia's Olayan Financing, recalls: "My first job was in 1979, when I joined the JP Morgan training program as a trainee financial analyst in NYC."

What advice would you give to someone who wants to do what you do?

 

Travel, eat, repeat! When I was planning this venture, 

 

I knew it had to be something that I was super-passionate about.

 

 But at the same time, you can have ideas that you're really passionate about that at the end of the day don't align with your skill set.

 

 So, find the intersection of what you love and what you're good at and identify any and every potential opportunities in the market. 

 

Once you find the sweet spot, dig in like you never have before.

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