1. Bouton said SocGen was strong enough to stay independent.

2. Both Daniel Bouton, the executive chairman, and Jean-Pierre Mustier, head of the investment bank, tendered their resignation but had their offer rejected by the board.

3. At the very least(http://), Mr Bouton may face pressure to split the role of chairman and chief executive.

4. Mister Bouton has offered to resign twice but both times the bank's board did not accept his resignation.

5. Bouton went on to say: From this perspective, we can say Vivendi is still healthy.

6. "We can only infer what nation people had in mind when they answered that question, " Bouton said.

7. But in his first television interview on the crisis, Bouton said, "The board is asking to stay at the helm of the boat during this storm.

8. Gao Wenhuan, 21st Century Online's special correspondent, member of Shantou University US election reporting team, interviewed Marshall M. Bouton, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

9. Many in the French government are pressuring the bank's chairman and chief executive Daniel Bouton to resign.

10. "My guess is, regardless of who is elected in November, you will hear basically the same description that China is a strategic partner and competitor, " said Bouton.