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US printing company shuts down Argentina operation

By Washington Examiner
Published August 11, 2014 9:45pm ET
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US printing company shuts down Argentina operation
A worker stands next to burning tires outside the entrance of RR Donnelley printing plant in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. RR Donnelley, a Fortune 500 company from Chicago, closed its plant in Argentina without warning catching its 400 workers by surprise when they showed up for work Monday morning. The company posted a letter outside it's entrance announcing its closing due to "unsolvable crisis." (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) | Victor R. Caivano

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A global printing company based in the U.S. shuttered its plant Monday in Argentina amid tough economic times in the South American country.

Employees of the R.R. Donnelley & Sons plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires showed up to find the gates locked and a note on the door informing them the operation is now closed.

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