Charleston, S.C.-based banks see earnings slip.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  October, 2004  

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By Matthew Mogul, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 22--Two Charleston-based banking companies said Thursday their latest quarterly earnings were down from a year ago.

First Financial Holdings Inc. said its net income in the three months ended in September slipped to $6.2 million, or 49 cents a share, from $6.9 million, or 53 cents a share, in the same period last year. The quarterly earnings were in line with Wall Street analysts' expectations.

For its full fiscal year, the parent company of First Federal Savings and Loan ...

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