James Chen
James Chen — Editor-in-Chief at OwlyTimes, which he founded in 2025 with a small team of editors. Reports on markets with a CPA's suspicion and a reporter's notebook. Came to the project after seven years on a regional business desk in Chicago, where he learned to read footnotes before press releases. Numbers tell stories; he edits the stories so they tell the truth.
384 articles published
Latest Articles
FinanceRed Sea and Panama Canal bottlenecks strain global supply chains
Yemen’s Houthi movement is disrupting Red Sea shipping lanes, adding to Panama Canal delays and severely straining global supply chains for all countries.
BusinessSpaceX Hits $2 Trillion Valuation After 13th Starship Test Flight
SpaceX reached a $2 trillion valuation after its 13th Starship test flight successfully completed a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean on July 24, 2026.
BusinessCracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino Resigns After $100M Market Drop
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino resigns following a $100 million drop in market value caused by a failed 2025 rebranding of the Tennessee restaurant chain.
BusinessNBCUniversal and YouTube Partner to Bundle Streaming Services
NBCUniversal and YouTube will integrate Peacock into YouTube Premium for U.S. subscribers starting in early 2027 to simplify the streaming experience.
BusinessNorth Carolina Police Search for Missing Executive Liz Waddell
North Carolina police are searching for 44-year-old Elizabeth Waddell, who vanished while swimming at a beach during her recent vacation in Grenada.
FinanceOil prices drop below $93 as US and Iran pause Strait of Hormuz strike
Brent crude oil prices fell to $92.27 per barrel after the U.S. and Iran paused their bombardment campaign near the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway.
BusinessGatwick Airport toilets fail, leaving thousands of travelers stranded
Thousands of travelers faced major delays at London Gatwick Airport this Sunday after a total water supply failure left all terminal toilets unusable.
BusinessUNESCO Names Mount Olympus and Normandy D-Day Beaches World Heritage
UNESCO added Greece’s Mount Olympus and the D-Day beaches in Normandy to its World Heritage list during a committee meeting held this week in Busan, Korea.
BusinessJudge halts $110B Paramount-Skydance-WBD merger until 2027
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin blocked the $110 billion Paramount, Skydance, and WBD merger until June 2027 due to legal pressure from 12 U.S. state leaders.
FinanceStrait of Hormuz tanker crisis threatens global fuel prices
U.S. airstrikes in the Strait of Hormuz have paused after two weeks of bombardment, as rising tanker tensions threaten to push global fuel prices higher.
FinanceIran Escalates Attacks as Global Maritime Trade Consensus Collapses
Iran expanded its conflict with the United States to the Caspian Sea after a Ukrainian strike targeted an Iranian commercial vessel, disrupting global trade.
BusinessJudge halts $110B Paramount-Warner merger until June 2027
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin halted the $110 billion Paramount-Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until June 2027 amid ongoing antitrust lawsuits.