A Little Friday File Fun

In Columbia, Pennsylvania, a family returned from a trip to find a 21-year-old man in their home, wearing their clothes, eating their food and rearranging their furniture. According to the Associated Press, police believe the man had settled in the home for at least two days. They also found a backpack with $2,800 worth of items that belonged to the family.

In Dayton, Ohio, a former University of Dayton student who borrowed the “History of the Crusades” from the university’s library in 1967 has sent it back with an apology for the late return. The Associated Press reports that the man checked out the book as a freshman before leaving school to join the U.S. Marines. The man says the book and other belongings must have been gathered from his dormitory room and sent to his parents’ house, where they remained until his parents died. He recently found the book in a box of belongings forwarded to him by his brother. University officials say they won’t be charging the man the late fee of about $350.

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In Pompano Beach, Florida, a man entered a car dealership and tried to buy a BMW with a credit card and a food stamp card. His business was declined. The next night, the man burglarized the dealership and stole the BMW. Police were able to trace the car to a place where the man had run out of gas because he had no money to get any.

In Great Falls, Montana, a 66-year-old woman decided to attend a “Coffee with a Cop” event at a local café. However, police said she was stumbling and smelled of alc.ohol. A police lieutenant followed her to the parking lot and saw her vehicle resting against a light pole, the Associated Press reports. She was arrested after establishing that she was well over the legal limit to drive.

In New York City, a matchmaking service promises to help single people sniff out their perfect match by breathing in the odors from dirty T-shirts. Each of Smell Dating’s first 100 clients received a T-shirt to wear for three days straight without bathing. The clients then mailed the T-shirts back to Smell Dating, where they were cut into swatches. Smell Dating then sent batches of 10 mixed swatches back to the clients to sniff this week. A match will be made if one client likes the scent of another and the olfactory attraction is mutual.

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TIAA Reveals Global Asset Management Brand

The rebranded TIAA Global Asset Management organization offers investments in more than 40 countries and collectively manages $854 billion in assets.

TIAA’s global investing infrastructure will now use the client-facing brand name, TIAA Global Asset Management, to better reflect the firm’s global capabilities.

The name change, which follows last month’s announcement of TIAA’s wider rebranding, is meant to more clearly signal the firm’s global investment capabilities, which “span traditional public market strategies including equities and fixed income, as well as alternative and private investments such as commercial real estate, agriculture, timber, infrastructure and energy.”

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TIAA Global Asset Management’s established investment teams, strategies, products and investment solutions will not change as a result of the new brand, the firm explains.  

“This announcement underscores our objective of bringing more investment opportunities to more clients in more places than ever before,” adds Rob Leary, CEO of TIAA Global Asset Management. “The new brand recognizes that we serve a wide range of investors around the world, from retirement plan sponsors and participants to high-net-worth individuals, financial advisers and some of the world’s largest institutional investors.”

The latest announcement comes as part of the firm’s ongoing strategy to expand its capabilities and solutions to better serve the diverse needs of its client base. Over the past several years, TIAA Global Asset Management has acquired Nuveen Investments to grow its presence in the retail, high-net-worth and financial intermediary space; expanded its suite of responsible investing and target-date funds; and launched new capabilities in private debt, real estate and other real asset strategies. 

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