https://www.reuters.com/article/us-htc-m-a-google/google-to-buy-part-of-htcs-smartphone-operations-for-around-1-billion-source-idUSKCN1BW06L >Alphabet Inc's Google is set to announce a deal to acquire part of Taiwanese firm HTC Corp's smartphone operations for about $1 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.