Opening Bell: December 29, 2017

Markets kick off the last day of a record year, with the Dow coming off an all-time high. And Apple says it's sorry for deliberately slowing down older phones while their batteries deteriorated. Plus what movies should you look forward to in the New Year? Cinemablend previews the big releases from Deadpool 2 to the latest Jurassic Park. And is SpaceX's the Falcon Heavy getting ready for its launch? The big...rocket was seen at the Kennedy Space Center on its launchpad on Thrusday!

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