* WHAT: Automakers release November U.S. sales

DETROIT, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The board of General Motors Corp met on Sunday to review a restructuring plan intended to cut costs and win support for up to $12 billion in emergency funding from the U.S. government, a person familiar with the deliberations said.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Canadian and Ontario governments told the Big Three automakers Friday to submit restructuring plans by Dec. 5 if they want to receive taxpayer assistance from Canada.

VW's new clean diesel Jetta puts a smile on your face in the driver's seat and at the gas pump.

* Cerberus demands compensation for Chrysler deal

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - Many U.S. retailers, large and small, have good reason to envy Sue Opeka -- sales at her store have been up 15 percent for the past four months and she's up 5 percent for the year so far.

(Adds Democratic demands for automaker plans, bankruptcy lawyer comment, background)

Lincoln's new MKS is a nice sedan, but is it nice enough to bring new customers to this famous old marque?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automakers must provide Congress with cash and sales data as well as current plans for making energy-efficient vehicles if they hope to receive a government bailout next month, lawmakers said Friday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - General Motors of Canada said Friday it will shut its Oshawa, Ontario, truck plant on May 14, rather than July 1 as previously announced, because market conditions in the United States have worsened.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any congressional bailout of the distressed U.S. auto industry is not intended to be "life support," but doing nothing "is not an option," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States, announcing a plan Thursday to work with start-up Better Place to put battery-powered autos on the road in 2012.

LOS ANGELES(Reuters) - A clean-burning diesel sedan, Volkswagen AG's Jetta TDI, won the "Green Car of the Year" award at the Los Angeles auto show Thursday, the first time a diesel-powered car has taken the industry's top environmental honor.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co jumped Thursday, rebounding from multi-decade lows after U.S. senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a government bailout for the struggling U.S. automakers.

BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Thai unit of troubled U.S. carmaker General Motors said on Thursday it would shut down its Rayong plant for 2 months from mid-December due to falling demand caused by the global economic slowdown.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for a Congressional bailout of the U.S. auto industry faded further Wednesday with little expectation that Democratic leaders would support a compromise in the works, with little time left for action.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Memo to U.S. companies seeking a bailout: When visiting Congress to ask for money, leave the private jets at home.

(Adds Senator Dodd comments, updates share prices, JPMorgan analyst note)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators sought Wednesday to craft a compromise plan to bail out distressed U.S. automakers as industry chief executives again pressed their case for urgent help in a second day of hearings.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Devastating.