.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
    border: 0px;
    width: 986px; 
    height: 27px; 
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden; 		
}

.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
    position: relative;
    left: 10px;
    top: 8px;
    width: 970px;
    overflow: hidden;			
}

ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
    position: relative;
    left: 750px;
    font: bold 10px Verdana;
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

ul.newsticker li {
    float: left; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

ul.newsticker a {
    white-space: nowrap;
    padding: 0;
    font: bold 10px Verdana;
    margin: 0 50px 0 0;
	color:#fff;
} 

ul.newsticker span {
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
	color:#fff;
}