G.M. Reports an Annual Profit, Its First Since 2004

DETROIT — General Motors, which nearly collapsed from the weight of its debts two years ago before reorganizing in a government-sponsored bankruptcy, said Thursday that it earned $4.7 billion in 2010, the most in more than a decade. It was the first profitable year since 2004 for G.M., which became publicly traded in November, ending a streak of losses totaling about $90 billion.

In addition, G.M. said 45,000 union workers would receive profit-sharing checks averaging $4,300, the most in the company’s history.

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Marcy Adelman: support services for LGBT seniors

Marcy Adelman saw older LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) adults in San Francisco facing some rather daunting challenges. Her groundbreaking survey showed that San Francisco's 25,000 LGBT individuals over 55 are more isolated, less likely to have children or other relatives to take care of them, and no more comfortable financially than heterosexuals of the same age. For a long time, same-sex couples could not live together in senior housing and the wording in most literature associated with long-term care was not LGBT-inclusive.

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