Associated Press

Dara Blumenthal holds up a sign during a rally against Wall Street bailouts Thursday in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Urgent efforts to lash together a $700 billion rescue plan for the national economy appeared to be stalling Thursday night, hours after key lawmakers had declared they had reached a deal. The White House summit aimed at showing unity in resolving a national financial crisis, broke up with conflicts in plain view and rumors swirled of an alternative conservative plan.