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1. 1. Ercole Biotech, Inc. : Corporate : Board of Directors : Dr. Josef Blass

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   Published on: 10/15/2006   Last Visited: 10/15/2006

   Josef Blass, Ph.D., Chairman Ercole Biotech, Inc. : Corporate : Board of Directors : Dr. Josef Blass
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   Dr. Blass, Ph.D., is the Chairman of the Board and co-founder of Ercole. He has been the President and founder of the Pension Research Institute, Inc. an advisory firm that brings academic research to the field of pension design and investment. Their products range from fixed income and equities to foreign currencies. Currently PRI manages over $200 million in assets. Institutional clients include Fidelity Group, Dreyfus Corporation and Travelers Insurance. Dr. Blass' investment management activities span many companies and ventures. As the president of Kosciuszko Leasing, Inc. he organized the financing of truck purchases for Euroroad, the largest Polish trucking company. In the past he held positions of President and Chief Investment Officer for Independence One Capital Management Corp., Michigan National Corporation, Practice Management Research Institute, PRIMA Corporation, Morrison Asset Management, Inc. and Hewitt Associates.
   
   Dr. Blass has held a position of a professor of Mathematics at the Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He received his M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Warsaw, Poland and Ph.D. degree in Mathematics form the University of Michigan.

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   Published on: 1/2/2005   Last Visited: 3/29/2006

   A defined-benefit plan has been a boon for Josef Blass, the 60-year-old owner of Kosciuszko Leasing in Pittsboro, N.C., and his wife, Eva. She's the managing director of the $3 million company, which advises companies expanding into Eastern Europe. Since 2001, when they started a form of defined-benefit plan called a cash-balance plan, they've saved $150,000 every year. The Blasses contribute a tax-deductible total of $55,000 annually to their three employees' accounts. The accounts are invested to earn a target interest rate, typically around 5%. If they miss that mark in a given year, the company must make up the difference.
   
   Blass estimates they've knocked about $120,000 off of their personal taxes since starting the plan. "There are few things worth promoting as much as a retirement plan," says Blass. "There's nothing else like it for small business owners."