Good morning, Boston. May the Fourth be with all of you Star Wars fans. Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your Thursday.
After prolonged state revenue growth, officials now face a different scenario as tax revenues collapsed in April, shifting the year-to-date performance from about $870 million in the black to, by one measure, $703 million in the red.
Drugmaker Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd., which laid off 360 workers in January, is laying off…