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In the opening segment, "The Big 5", Lang introduces the top business stories of the day and O'Leary provides commentary, with Lang often acting as devil's advocate in regards to O'Leary's free-market philosophy. A later segment, "My Money", follows a similar format in regards to discussions of various investment opportunities and strategies. The remaining segments consist of various interviews and roundtables with businesspeople, economists, journalists and other newsmakers, handled by either Lang alone or both Lang and O'Leary.
The show originally aired as a half-hour daily series, starting at 4:30 p.m. Eastern. As of March 1,
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The program is also aired on CBC News Network; on weekdays, the initial version that airs live to Atlantic Canada on the main network is simulcast on CBC News Network at 9:00 p.m., with several repeat broadcasts overnight. Until August 2005, The National was also seen in the United States on the defunct Newsworld International channel; the program continues to air occasionally on C-SPAN when that network wants to provide coverage o
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