OwlyTimes
James Chen

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.

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8.5 Billion Deepfake Fraud Attempts Targeted Corporations Last YearFinance

8.5 Billion Deepfake Fraud Attempts Targeted Corporations Last Year

Corporations faced 8.5 billion deepfake fraud attempts last year. Global Finance Magazine reports that these malicious assets remain active for over three ...

U.S. Household Debt Hits Record $18.8 Trillion in 2025Finance

U.S. Household Debt Hits Record $18.8 Trillion in 2025

U.S. household debt climbed to a record $18.8 trillion by late 2025. Federal Reserve Bank of New York data shows rising costs burden American consumers.

Ward Bill Aims to Close Funding Gap for Pennsylvania 911 ServicesFinance

Ward Bill Aims to Close Funding Gap for Pennsylvania 911 Services

Senator Judy Ward introduced a bill to increase funding for Pennsylvania 911 services, which currently handle 14.5 million emergency requests every year.

SpaceX reports $13 billion loss as it pivots to artificial intelligencBusiness

SpaceX reports $13 billion loss as it pivots to artificial intelligenc

SpaceX reported a 4.9 billion dollar loss in 2025 following a pivot to artificial intelligence, according to a financial filing sent to the SEC Wednesday.

Ward and Smith’s Devon Williams Named to TBJ 40 Under 40 ListBusiness

Ward and Smith’s Devon Williams Named to TBJ 40 Under 40 List

The Triangle Business Journal named Ward and Smith Co-Managing Director Devon Williams to its 2026 class of 40 Under 40 leaders in North Carolina today.

EPISD trustees face $52 million deficit, eight times initial estimateFinance

EPISD trustees face $52 million deficit, eight times initial estimate

El Paso Independent School District trustees face a $52 million deficit after discovering $21 million in unauthorized spending, exceeding initial estimates.

CFPB processed 6.6 million consumer complaints in 2025Finance

CFPB processed 6.6 million consumer complaints in 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau processed 6.6 million consumer complaints in 2025, marking a record volume fifteen years after the Dodd-Frank Act.

Dexter McCoy holds $380,000 cash lead in Fort Bend judge runoffFinance

Dexter McCoy holds $380,000 cash lead in Fort Bend judge runoff

Dexter McCoy holds a $380,000 cash lead in the Fort Bend County judge Democratic runoff, significantly outpacing his opponent in campaign contributions.

Sioux Falls sales tax revenue jumps 6.9 percent in AprilBusiness

Sioux Falls sales tax revenue jumps 6.9 percent in April

Sioux Falls sales tax revenue rose 6.9 percent in April, reflecting strong local consumer spending that currently outpaces national economic trends today.

Intuit to lay off 3,000 workers to fund AI investment pushFinance

Intuit to lay off 3,000 workers to fund AI investment push

Intuit will lay off 3,000 employees, or 17% of its global workforce, to reallocate capital and fund a new internal investment push toward artificial intell...

Termina analyzes 1,974 investors for 2026 Seed 100, 40 listsBusiness

Termina analyzes 1,974 investors for 2026 Seed 100, 40 lists

1,974 – that's the number of seed investors meticulously analyzed by Termina to produce the 2026 Seed 100 and Seed 40 lists for Business Insider , now in t...

Romaine crowns Mamdani "Realtor of Year" as Suffolk lures NYC firmsBusiness

Romaine crowns Mamdani "Realtor of Year" as Suffolk lures NYC firms

Ed Romaine names Zohran Mamdani "Realtor of the Year" as Suffolk County attracts NYC firms with new incentives.