For the week of October 23, 2010, there were 1.054 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, an increase of 302 from the week before, as claims are trending upward in October. Altogether 7,697 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 292 from a week ago and 2,284 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,706 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 81 fewer than a week ago. In addition, there were 1,520 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 4 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