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There were 2,107 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 890 from the week before. Altogether 11,945 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 906 from a week ago and 2,169 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,155 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 178 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 785 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 100 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