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SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said a proposed A$8.9 billion ($6.50 billion) takeover by Canada's Brookfield Asset Management of local port and rail freight firm Asciano Ltd may hurt competition for other coal haulage operators.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct 14 (Reuters) - Newer Tesla Motors Model S sedans will be able to steer and park themselves under certain conditions starting Thursday, the carmaker said, although Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk cautioned that drivers should keep holding the steering wheel.

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Alberta's left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) government said on Wednesday it was reaching out to prominent energy and other industry executives for advice to revamp the western Canadian province's struggling economy.

* Chinese official spent career fighting to save small refineries

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed doubt about whether the Obama administration had the authority to issue a regulation aimed at encouraging efficiency in the electricity market by having electrical grid operators pay users to reduce consumption at peak times.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Mexico will take part in a technical meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Oct.

MADRID, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Spanish oil major Repsol said on Wednesday its net profit could fall by up to 22 percent in 2015, hit by low crude prices and a loss of value of some of its North-American assets which will trigger a big impairment charge in the third quarter.

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Conservative U.S.

Asian benzene rose $17/mt day on day and jumped $34.50/mt week on week to be assessed at $607/mt FOB Korea October 9.

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, was downbeat on Wednesday about iron ore prices as low-cost producers continue to swamp the market and as the intensity of China's demand for the steel making raw material ebbs.

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