For the week of October 9, 2010, there were 752 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, a decrease of 88 from the week before. Altogether 7,405 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 55 from a week ago and 2,166 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,787 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 54 fewer than a week ago. In addition, there were 1,516 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 23 from the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/. Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc