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FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:FFCH), Down By 8.75% ($0.71) From $8.110 After BUYINS.NET Report Predicted Weakness After

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August 5, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net , a provider of unique trading technologies, released a report on Wednesday, July 27th 2011 stating that FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:FFCH) was expected to be Down After its earnings release. Click here to view the BUYINS.NET report: http://www.buyins.net/releases/?sym=ffch&id=180828

At the time this story was written, FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:FFCH) is Down By 8.75% ($0.71) From $8.110 since the BUYINS.NET report was released.

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FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:FFCH) - First Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston that provides various banking and other related financial services. Its deposit products include demand deposit transaction accounts, time deposit accounts, non-interest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposits. The companys loan portfolio comprises residential real estate mortgage and construction loans, commercial and multifamily real estate mortgage loans, home equity, manufactured housing, and other consumer loans; credit card receivables; and commercial business loans. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 44 full service retail branch sales offices, 18 in-store retail branch sales offices, and 3 limited services branches in Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Hilton Head area of Beaufort, Georgetown, Horry, and Florence Counties, South Carolina; and Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender Counties, North Carolina. First Financial Holdings, Inc., through its other subsidiaries, engages in full-service brokerage activities; property, casualty, life, and health insurance sales; third party administrative services, including services to retirement plans; trust and fiduciary services; reinsurance of private mortgage insurance; and premium finance activities. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

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