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A broker uses a phone while he looks at a screen at the Stock Exchange in Madrid Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. The borrowing costs of both Spain and Italy dropped sharply in early trading Monday after the European Central Bank signaled it would intervene in the markets to keep the two countries' bond prices supported. Spain's finance minister insists her country is in no need of a bailout, even as the European Central Bank buys bonds to protect euro zone countries from higher borrowing costs. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)