New York Times | Business Day|Wall St. Tempers Gains as Oil Prices Drop New York Times Shares of energy companies fell as the price of oil plunged. A payroll survey showed that employers hired more workers in June after a slowdown in the months before. KEEPING SCORE In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.32 ... Hiring grows, oil skids and US stocks barely budge US Stocks Slip as Oil Dives and Safety Stocks Fall |