Alphabet Inc.’s Google is set to buy part of struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp., according to people familiar with the situation, part of the search giant’s latest effort to crack the handset market. The acquisition, which could be announced as soon as Wednesday afternoon, is for HTC’s mobile-phone original design operations, according to the people. Google chose HTC, a longtime Google supplier, as its contract...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 20, 2017 19:15 UTC