Gassed up

The national average price for a gallon of regu lar gas, which has risen for 26 straight days, hit $3.83. The average price in New York hit $4.01 yesterday, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

Tax backtrack

Former Federal Re serve Chairman Alan Greenspan said tax cuts put in place by former President George W. Bush should be allowed to expire and the US should return to tax rates in effect under President Bill Clinton to help ad dress the budget deficit.

RIM fear

BlackBerry maker Re search in Motion said tighter restrictions pro posed by the United Arab Emirates would likely apply to other smart phones, raising new ques tions about data freedom.

Rich move

The average federal in come tax rate on returns with the 400 highest ad justed gross incomes was 17 percent in 2007 — the latest year for IRS data — down from 26 percent in 1992.

Samsung

Samsung Electronics is mulling selling its hard- disk-drive business for $1.5 billion to invest in new growth areas, WSJ.com reported.