Panic may be a natural reaction to the historic market turmoil we're witnessing. However, after we shake our heads in disappointment, take a deep breath, realize that the next few months, or longer, will be tough, and turn off CNBC, we must get back to work.

NEW YORK: Financial communications professionals say they are keeping busy as the Wall Street tumult continues.

For months, the 2008 presidential election has been hyped, by media and political pundits, to be unlike any this nation has ever seen.

NEW YORK: Author Alice Schroeder recently enlisted CJP Communications to launch an online, promotional documentary series to coincide with the release of the first authorized biography of Warren Buffett.

At press time, the House of Representatives had shot down a $700-billion bailout plan for the financial sector from the White House that was initially expected to pass. A revised bill was headed to the Senate, but the initial failure offers not only a political lesson, but also a communications one.

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There is no doubt that some financial firms are in big trouble right now. However, when a financial giant falls, it doesn't necessarily take down every firm in the industry.

Nobel Prize winners send anti-bailout petition to Pelosi, Byrd; Obama urges McCain to join the debate; PETA advocates the use of human milk in ice cream.

NEW YORK: Financial services companies in good standing are aggressively communicating with customers and the media during this time of great economic uncertainty.

In these perilous times, a CEO really needs a good friend. With Wall Street firms finally paying penance for their risky investments, CEOs are fretting about how the reverberations will affect their own organizations. This should surprise no one.