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Commercial & Financial Chronicle
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US newspaper based in New York City1
The Commercial & Financial Chronicle was a business newspaper in the United States founded by William Buck Dana (1829–1910) in 1865. The first national business weekly in the United States, it was intended to be an American take on the popular business newspaper The Economist, founded in England in 1843. The Chronicle continued the legacy begun by Hunt's Merchant's Magazine and Commercial Review, a monthly business magazine founded in 1839 by Freeman Hunt, which disappeared during the American Civil War.2 It ceased to exist in 1987.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrynewspaper1
- HeadquartersNew York City1
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The Commercial & Financial Chronicle was a business newspaper in the United States founded by William Buck Dana (1829–1910) in 1865. The first national business weekly in the United States, it was intended to be an American take on the popular business newspaper The Economist, founded in England in 1843.2
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