Jefferies also hired John Koutoupis for mortgage- andasset-backed bond sales in Chicago, it said Koutoupis workedlast at Sandler O'Neil. NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Investment bank Jefferies Group(JEF.N) extended a more than yearlong expansion in mortgage-and other asset-backed securities this month with four hires intrading and sales, a spokesman said on Monday. Magna declined to comment on Monday.In fresh reminders of the dire state of the global auto industry, French new passenger car sales fell 7 percent in April and Belgium reported a 22.8 percent drop.Spanish automaker association Anfac said car sales in the country fell 45.6 percent in April, declining faster year-on- year than in March, which saw a 38.7 percent drop.(Reporting by Emily Chasan, David Bailey, Gernot Heller, Ian Simpson, Erik Kirschbaum, Tyler Sitte, Avril Ormsby, Andrew Hay, Soyoung Kim, Jason Webb and Angelika Gruber; Writing by John Crawley in Washington; Editing by Andre Grenon) Deals Inflows Outflows Italy. The big hurdle we can see is social cost," Nomura International analyst Michael Tyndall said."It's all very well to say they compete broadly in the same markets with similar platforms and there may be economies of scale. and overseas.This includes the potential sale of its German-based Opel unit, possibly to Fiat.Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Sunday his company could seek a merger with Opel, then spin off and list the combined entity.Combining with Chrysler as well as Opel, which makes up 80 percent of GM Europe's annual sales of $34.4 billion, fits Marchionne's strategy of bulking up Fiat to survive the crisis engulfing the auto industry."Industrial logic-wise, Opel makes a lot more sense than Chrysler. They've agreed to a deal that would pay lenders $2 billionChrysler's bankruptcy, one of the biggest U.S.

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