SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 2135 GMT

NEWS

- German chancellor schedules high-profile meeting of her top ministers, advisers on Dec. 14 to analyze economic outlook

- White House, congressional negotiators seek to remove remaining differences over emergency rescue for auto industry

- Obama says he would put strong new financial regulation at center of economic recovery program to force more accountability

- Workers occupy shuttered Chicago window and door factory for 3rd day, want bank to pay them severance plus vacation pay

- Average price for gallon of gas in U.S. falls again over the past 2 weeks, could ease more amid larger stocks and flat demand

- China protests French president's meeting with Dalai Lama, warns of broader damage to relations with the European Union

- India says it plans $4 billion of extra spending this fiscal year in package to revive fading economic growth

- Any merger talks between Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE), NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) have ended without success, Deutsche Boerse says