Journalist Katie Couric, who currently works for Yahoo, sent Hillary Clinton an email requesting a sit down interview from her Gmail account. The news was revealed as part of the emails stolen from Clinton and posted on WikiLeaks. The news also comes after news of a massive Yahoo Mail data breach that exposed 500 million users.

Macy's Inc. has revealed plans to open a retail site in China next year. The company is hoping to expand its digital presence in the world's largest e-commerce market. The retailer began selling online in China last November through a storefront on the imports site Tmall Global.

The latest email leak posted by WikiLeaks reveals struggles between Clinton's aides. Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's emails were leaked. In the emails he revealed concerns that Russians hacked his email account and was very upset with his colleagues.

Students at the University of Central Florida were the victim of a data breach. More than 200 students reported having their debit and credit cards hacked and investigators have tracked the exposure to a piece of malware installed on a university computer. They have not confirmed how the malware got onto the computer, but spam email is a common culprit in these exposures.

Handbag firm Vera Bradley's retail stores were hacked between July 15 and Sept. 23, the company revealed. The break in exposed the personal data of customers including credit and debit card information. The company is working with law enforcement to investigate the matter.

Facebook rolled out a work place communications tool this week called Workplace. Some people have said that the tool's messaging platform for businesses will kill email. The pricing hasn't been released but it could be as low as $1 per user per month, five times cheaper than competitors' pricing.

WikiLeaks has released a new set of documents allegedly stolen from the email account of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. The dump includes 1,100 new emails. The release is the fourth in a series which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threatened would be a "October surprise" for the presidential election.

Is Yahoo intentionally making it difficult for users to defect from its struggling Mail service? That seems to be the case, the Associated Press reports. “Automatic email forwarding was disabled at the beginning of the month,” it writes, citing several sources. “While those who've set up forwarding in the past are unaffected, some who want to leave over recent hacking and surveillance revelations are struggling to switch to rival services.”

PHE Inc-the parent company of several adult toy and entertainment brands- has found that triggered emails are the key to success. The company recently hired email services firm Bronto to help send more automated and personalized emails. By adding automated marketing and segmentation to the emails sent by its brands BetterSex and the Sinclair Institute, the company has seen increased sales. BetterSex has seen conversion rates double and reports a 180 percent increase in net profitability, and a 35 percent increase in year-over-year email revenue.

Facebook has launched a new messaging service called Workplace that allows companies to set up their own internal communications systems. The app is similar to Facebook and features live video streaming and messaging, but is totally separate from the user's personal account. Facebook is pitching it as an alternative to work email.