UPDATE 1-Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One posts wider first-quarter loss . Entertainment One Ltd on Friday posted a wider first-quarter loss, dented by lower sales in its film, television & music segment, as the Canada-based company prepares to be acquired by U.S. toy maker Hasbro Inc.

UPDATE 4-SAP reverts to co-CEOs after showman McDermott's decade of growth . Focus now on cloud transition, margin expansion (Adds context, analyst reaction, capital markets day)

Japanese stocks climb to 1-1/2-week high on trade optimism; Seven & I shines . Japanese shares rose to their highest level in over a week on Friday as the safe-haven yen eased on hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks.

UPDATE 1-Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors agree to settle U.S. engine defect lawsuits . South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp on Friday said they have agreed to resolve class action litigation with U.S. owners of certain vehicles over engine fire risks.

FEATURE-Kenyan farmers snap crops with phones to improve insurance payouts . MUIRI, Kenya, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmer Thomas Mwiraria surveyed the parched terrain at a church compound in Muiri village in central Kenya, and asked a passing agricultural officer when he thought the rains would come.

Entertainment One posts wider first-quarter loss . Canada-based independent entertainment company Entertainment One Ltd on Friday posted a near seven-fold wider first-quarter loss, hit by lower sales in its film, television & music segments.

Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors settle U.S. lawsuit over engine defects . South Korea's Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors agreed to resolve class action litigation with U.S. owners of certain vehicles equipped with Theta II gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines, the companies said on Friday.

SAP to rely on strategy of continuity, new co-CEO tells broadcaster . Christian Klein, SAP's new co-chief executive, told Germany's' n-tv television that the software and cloud computing giant will rely on a strategy of continuity following the departure of Bill McDermott.

UPDATE 1-As China storm swirls, Nets and Lakers set to address media Friday . The Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to speak to the media on Friday, a day after playing an exhibition game in Shanghai amid a furore over a tweet last week from the Houston Rockets general manager supporting the protests in Hong Kong.

Nets, Lakers set to address media later on Friday . The Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to speak to the media on Friday, a day after playing an exhibition game in Shanghai amid a furore over a tweet last week from the Houston Rockets general manager supporting the protests in Hong Kong.