(1)Livedoor baffled at Rakuten application

NARITA, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks to reporters at Narita airport on returning from an overseas business trip on Sept. 24. Horie, whose firm has filed an application to locate its planned baseball team in Sendai, expressed his disapproval of Rakuten Inc. competing to create a team in Sendai. ''It baffles me (why Rakuten is trying create a team here also). There's no reason to start a kind of fight,'' Horie said. (Kyodo)

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