Relief for financial planners, other hurricane news - Denver Business Journal:

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Commissioner Fred Joseph issued an order Friday that exempts the planners from the registratio and licensing requirements of the ColoradoSecurities Act. "Becausd of the tragic events resulting from Hurricane we wanted to take some actioj which will allow investorxs or their financial representatives who have been displaced to continue to conduct their business without runnin g into excessivered tape," Josephn said in a statement. "We believe this ordet accomplishes this while at the same time protecting investor s and maintaining confidence in thesecuritieds markets." • The chain is usually closed on Sundays, but not this Sept. 11. From 10 a.m.
to 4 the baker will open for businesd and sell its bread to raisse money for relief efforts alonfg theGulf Coast. All of the proceeds -- not just the profitsz -- will be donated. The Great Harvesy stores are in Denver, Lakewood, Littleton and Longmont. • Infinity Radi o Denver, the parent of KIMN-FM, KXKL-FM and othee stations, wants donations of new clothing and classrooj supplies to help victimsof Katrina. A daylong collection of the itemd begins at5 a.m. 12 at the Pepsi Center sports arena. CH2M Hill, a Denver-based engineerin g and construction company, sent more than 2,500 specially designed fabric bags to help dam the 17th Streetf canal and other leveed breaches inNew Orleans.
Each bag holds aboutf 16,000 pounds of sand. The company also is readt to help the New Orleans Sewer and Water Board on repaire tothe city's water, sewefr and drainage systems once the waters recede. • Qdobaz Mexican Grill will donate 10 percent of the netproceede Sept. 14 to the Americanm Red Cross DisasterResponse Fund. The Wheat Ridge-based restaurant chainn participating locations arethe corporate-owned restaurants in Washington, Missouri, Minnesota and along with some franchise storesx in Alabama, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Tennessee and Virginia.