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Nomura is unlikely to move its headquarters to Canary Wharf.

The Japanese bank was mulling over moving its 3,600 staff to the former Lehman Brothers office in Bank Street but seem set to stay in the City.

Wharf employees will be on the look-out for anti-capitalist wizards and demons this Halloween.

A legion of fancy-dressed groups will be gathering outside the former Lehman Brothers office on 25 Bank Street to "dance on the grave of capitalism" on Friday evening.

ENGLAND rugby star Josh Lewsey was helping inspire the next generation of players when he came to the Isle of Dogs this week.

The World Cup winner visited Seven Mills school on the Isle of Dogs on Monday with his rugby academy to promote the game.

LEHMAN'S new owners have arrived in the Wharf with a bang.

Japanese bank Nomura closed its deal for the stricken giant on Monday, and promptly threw a party to drum up support among its new employees.

Traditional oriental drumming echoed through 25 Bank Street during a mixer between Lehman staff and their new Nomura counterparts from St Martin's-Le-Grand in the City.

Nomura has pledged to keep a "significant amount" of the 2,000 staff in the investment banking and equities divisions, which it snapped up for a nominal $2 on September 23.

LEHMAN Brothers staff are “upbeat” after a deal which could save up to 2,000 jobs in Canary Wharf.

Japanese investment bank Nomura snapped up the company’s investment banking and equities divisions on Tuesday for a nominal fee believed to be $2.

ASIAN investment bank Nomura has announced a deal to buy a chunk of stricken firm Lehman Brothers.

The company will snap up the European and Middle Eastern investment banking and equities businesses in a move which could save up to 2,500 jobs.

The buy-out includes offices in the UK, as well as the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Kuwait, Dubai and Qatar.

Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers announced the deal after a week of uncertainty for the bankrupt Wall Street giant.