Werner Enterprises sounded a little more upbeat about the prospects of a recovery at an investor conference this week. Representatives from the company noted a modest improvement in operations from a year ago but acknowledged fundamentals remain unfavorable as the market moves through a fourth year of a freight recession. Werner (NASDAQ: WERN) said at Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE: MS) 13th Annual Laguna Conference in Laguna Beach, California that demand is largely in line with typical seasonal trends, with “pos ...