.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	border: 1px solid #750d00;
	background: #d20e0c; 
	width: 293px; 
	height: 20px; 
	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: 4px;
	width: 273px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 275px;
	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;
	background: #d20e0c;
	color: white;
	font-weight:bold;
}
ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: black;
	font-weight:bold;
	font: bold 10px Verdana;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
	text-decoration:none
} 
ul.newsticker span {
	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}