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TT's Seth Clevenger and Eugene Mulero discuss the key takeaways from the 2017 Management Conference & Exhibition, where addressing the driver shortage was one of the more prominent themes. (Joseph Terry/Transport Topics)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Trucking and government leaders at American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition set their sights on solving perhaps the industry’s most persistent challenge — recruiting and retaining professional drivers.

Hub Group turned in better-than-expected results in the third quarter, with revenue topping $1 billion for the first time and beating analysts’ profit projections, although net income was down compared with the same period a year ago.

ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations adopted its first-ever policy on the development of automated trucks at the federation’s Management Conference & Exhibition here.

Americans’ confidence held steady last week, remaining near the highest level of the expansion, as faith in the buying climate improved while views on the economy deteriorated, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed Oct. 26.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. reported a 20% climb in profits to $102.3 million, or $1.24 per share, in third-quarter profits. The results were 8 cents better than the Bloomberg News consensus forecast of analysts.

Harassing phone calls, spam text messages and police investigations — the fight between China’s Uber-for-trucks apps is getting nasty.

The self-driving cars Google designed are going to the snow -- and the seat of the car industry.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is duking it out with XPO Logistics on a new front recently after 73 employees petitioned to remove Local 443 as their representative.