Wright Vice President/Investor Relations and Corporate Secretaryof First Financial Holdings Inc

Wright, Vice President/Investor Relations and Corporate Secretaryof First Financial Holdings, Inc., +1-843-529-5931, or +1-843-729-7005,. Additionally, the webcast will be recorded andavailable until October 30, 2009.First Financial is the holding company for First Federal Savings and LoanAssociation of Charleston, which now operates 64 offices located in theCharleston metropolitan area, Horry, Georgetown, Florence and Beaufortcounties in South Carolina and Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender Counties incoastal North Carolina offering banking and trust services.The Company alsoprovides insurance and brokerage services through First Southeast InsuranceServices, The Kimbrell Insurance Group and First Southeast Investor Services.SOURCEFirst Financial Holdings, Inc.Dorothy B. Eastern Daylight Time to discuss its financial results.Theconference call will coincide with the news release announcing fiscal thirdquarter earnings which will be distributed prior to the market open on Friday,July 24, 2009.A live webcast of the presentation will be available at. (Nasdaq: FFCH) announced today that the company will host a conferencecall for institutional investors and bank analysts on Friday, July 24, 2009 at2:00 p.m.

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Financial Holdings,Inc. (NYSE: AAI) and aFortune 1000 company, has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in theAirline Quality Rating study for the past two years.The airline offerscoast-to-coast flights on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet, withamenities including Business Class and complimentary XM Satellite Radio onevery flight.To book a flight, visit http:// Contacts:AirTran Airways Christopher White Cynthia Tinsley-Douglas 678.254.7442SOURCEAirTran AirwaysChristopher White or Cynthia Tinsley-Douglas, both of AirTran Airways,+1-678-254-7442. "Thanks to the support of our loyal customers, our Atlanta-based operationscontinue to grow and make us the second largest carrier at Hartsfield-JacksonAtlanta International Airport."AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. "AirTran Airways has a strong presence in Atlanta, and we are proud to takepart in these Independence Day celebrations in our hub city," said BobFornaro, AirTran Airways' chairman, president and chief executive officer. Americanrock band Vertical Horizon headlines the musical acts, which also includelocal band Stokeswood.The finale of the evening is the AirTran AirwaysFireworks Spectacular, Atlanta's best fireworks display synchronized to aspecial selection of patriotic music.Also, AirTran Airways Crew Members at the Carrollton Reservations Call Centerwill also participate in the Carrollton People's Parade in Carrollton, Ga.,and will also be passing out refreshments and goodies to parade goers. ORLANDO, Fla., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Holdings, Inc.

(NYSE:AAI), the parent company of AirTran Airways, will celebrate Independence Dayby participating in a variety of Atlanta area celebrations.AirTran Airways will sponsor the spectacular fireworks and special effectsshow at Centennial Olympic Park, complete with live entertainment featuringthe Infinity Show Band and a Fountain of Olympic Rings water show. Rather, media companies are taking the initiative indealmaking among movie studios as they search for new sourcesof profit or seek to dispose of ill-fitting assets. (Additional reporting by Sue Zeidler and Gina Keating in LosAngeles; Editing by Tiffany Wu and Steve Orlofsky) Stocks Mergers & Acquisitions Funds News ETFs News Private Capital Media. Gabelli said investor activism was tough in the moviebusiness because studios are usually owned by hugeconglomerates. "Nobody's going to pressure Murdoch to doanything or Sumner Redstone or Jeff Bewkes," he said, referringto the heads of News Corp, Viacom and Time Warner.

Icahn was also rumored to be buying up MGM debt with thegoal of forcing a merger of Lions Gate and MGM, but any suchplan has not seen the light of day. Investor Carl Icahn tussled with Lions Gate earlier thisyear, calling its expenses extremely high and seeking boardseats. Most of these studios trade at about 6 to 7 times earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, thefourth banker said, adding that the value of MGM is at par orbelow its total debt of $3.7 billion. Bankers generally see the major studios as possible buyers,and smaller rivals like Lions Gate, MGM and DreamworksAnimation as potential targets. Molner, a former Paramount executive, added that Viacom hasscaled down the studio's operations "to an extent thatdisposing of it today would be a lot more thinkable thanseveral years ago when it was a bigger entity." He said News Corp, Sony or Time Warner could absorb thetrimmer Paramount if it were in play, while Lions Gate and thedebt-ridden MGM are unlikely suitors. "Despite the enormous success of "Transformers," Paramounthas been a drag on Viacom earnings from the perspective of WallStreet analysts," said David Molner, managing director ofScreen Capital International, which has conducted more than $7billion in media and entertainment financing. Gamco analyst Chris Marangi said the popularity ofvideo-on-demand could spur Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N) andCablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N) to seek more content deals butadded these smaller cable operators were unlikely to want tobuy a studio and get into content creation themselves, Some said Paramount itself could be up for sale some day.