GM's Steve Girsky, key adviser to CEOs, to retire from board

Steve Girsky, the one-time Wall Street analyst who was instrumental in the emergence of General Motors Co from bankruptcy and the restructuring of the company after a 2009 government bailout, is retiring from the company's board of directors, GM said on Friday. Girsky, 53, will not seek re-election to the GM board when the company holds its annual meeting in June, GM said in a statement. “Steve brought to the company expertise and skills in a variety of important areas at a critical time i