HTC is halting trade of its shares. Techies expect takeover by Google.

[rcjordan]

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16338110/htc-google-trading-stock-takeover-report

[Brad]

If Google really wants to get into hardware, they need to be able to make their own phones, etc.  The landscape has changed since they bought and dumped Motorola.

[Adam C]

Shame. Best phone I've owned was an HTC.

[rcjordan]

Google bets anew on smartphones, pays $1.1 billion for HTC's Pixel division

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-htc-m-a-google/google-bets-anew-on-smartphones-pays-1-1-billion-for-htcs-pixel-division-idUSKCN1BW06L