Mark Maurer

New York

Corporate Finance and Accounting Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ reporter covering corporate finance and accounting. Formers: @bagehots @trdny @starledger.

Articles

Exclusive | RSM Plans $1 Billion Investment in AI Agents, Other Services

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Mark Maurer |Isabelle Bousquette

The accounting firm’s U.S. unit plans to integrate generative AI into internal workflows and help middle-market companies with AI strategiesRSM’s U.S. unit plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence over the next three years, well above its previous investments, in part to use AI agents to automate more tax and accounting workflows.
RSM Plans $1 Billion Investment in AI Agents, Other Services

2 weeks ago | fnlondon.com | Mark Maurer |Isabelle Bousquette

RSM Plans $1 Billion Investment in AI Agents, Other ServicesThe accounting firm’s U.S. unit plans to integrate generative AI into internal workflows and help middle-market companies with AI strategies Published June 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM ET RSM’s U.S. unit plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence over the next three years, well above its previous investments, in part to use AI agents to automate more tax and accounting workflows.
Deere’s Plans for Offsetting $500 Million in Tariff Costs

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Mark Maurer

The farm equipment maker looks into tweaking its supply chain and raising prices as it navigates new leviesDeere & Co. is considering a reshuffle of its production among existing factories globally and weighing price increases as it aims to offset more than $500 million in expected costs from the Trump administration’s new tariffs.
Audit Watchdog Created After Enron Might Be Dismantled. Its Defenders Duel With GOP.

1 month ago | fnlondon.com | Mark Maurer

Audit Watchdog Created After Enron Might Be Dismantled. Its Defenders Duel With GOP.
Audit Watchdog Created After Enron Might Be Dismantled. Its Defenders Duel With GOP.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Mark Maurer

Former audit regulators, academics and investors say oversight would diminish if the PCAOB is folded into the SEC, while the plan’s supporters tout the capabilities of the securities regulatory agencyFormer audit regulators, academics and investors are making a push to fight the proposed elimination of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which a Republican-led Congress could vote to approve as part of the broader tax bill now under consideration.
Charter Communications Looks to Retain Workers With New Stock Program

1 month ago | wsj.com | Mark Maurer

“What we wanted with the plan was really to create an environment where employees could see themselves as owners of the company and could be invested in the long-term success of the company,” Chief Financial Officer Jessica Fischer said. Announced at the end of April, the program is available to employees up to the senior manager level, or more than 95% of its roughly 95,000-person workforce.
Doctors Warn Accountants of Private-Equity Drain on Quality: You Could Be Next

1 month ago | wsj.com | Mark Maurer

“If accounting holds itself out as an ethical profession, which puts the client first, they should have never let private equity in because that’s what we did and it hurt the patients,” said McNamara, a professor and chair of emergency medicine at Temple University. Roughly two dozen of the 100 largest U.S. accounting firms have either sold an ownership stake to private-equity investors or been acquired by a firm that has done so since 2021.
Doctors Warn Accountants of Private-Equity Drain on Quality: You Could Be Next

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Mark Maurer

Jack Doohan was forced to hire ‘around-the-clock security’ for Miami Grand Prix after what he saw onlineJack Doohan’s spell in Formula 1 has already come to an end after just six races, and he will be replaced by Franco Colapinto. Unsatisfied with …
You Could Be Next

1 month ago | fnlondon.com | Mark Maurer

Doctors Warn Accountants of Private-Equity Drain on Quality: You Could Be NextEarly opponents of corporate influence in healthcare see parallels in another trusted profession Published May 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM ET Many doctors have decried private-equity firms’ push into healthcare, saying patient care has eroded under their ownership. Now, as these firms make similar inroads in accounting, some medical professionals have a warning for CPA firms: Don’t make our same mistakes. Drs.
You Could Be Next

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Mark Maurer

Many doctors have decried private-equity firms’ push into healthcare, saying patient care has eroded under their ownership. Now, as these firms make similar inroads in accounting, some medical professionals have a warning for CPA firms: Don’t make our same mistakes. Drs.