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Reasons to look for a new adviser include failure to listen, high fees, the adviser’s retirement, poor communication, disappointing performance, different values, ineffective advice and bad rapport, according to this survey by Financial Advisor Magazine.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Reasons for their absence include cost-cutting, a growing preference for tightly controlled social media-led launches, and the risk that a mauling from the Cannes critics can doom a movie.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Reasons given for its rejection included that being a replication it was not novel; that after a couple of years the field has moved on.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Reasons to visit the capital this summer extend beyond the Fourth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Reasons that involved Mom and feeling like I could never be who she wanted me to be.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez