Eight of its top managers are McCaw alumni (lawyers and engineers--the sales folks stayed away).

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Increasingly, though, the tax is hitting professionals and middle managers--lawyers, accountants, engineers, sales managers.

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The country's second-largest carmaker by sales, it said it would hire engineers, computer programmers and other office workers.

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License agreements typically have a 10-year term, and require the licensee to pay the owner of the technology some combination of an upfront fee, royalty payments based on sales, and per diem and travel expenses of the engineers who help transfer the know-how and technology.

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The company also got smarter about sales prospects--first, by demanding that anyone calling on customers, including engineers, had to wear a suit.

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