Andy Mukherjee & David Fickling, Columnists

Syngenta's China Identity Crisis

This relatively well-groomed Swiss Dorian Gray has a slovenly lookalike in its attic -- one that just happens to be its new parent.
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Syngenta AG's triple identity crisis just cost it a $7 billion bond sale.

The agrochemical firm, which was looking to raise funds to refinance part of its $43 billion takeover by state-owned China National Chemical Corp., or ChemChina, had to postponeBloomberg Terminal the issue, according to Bloomberg News.