.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
width: 210px; 
height: 35px; 
margin: 0; 
padding: 0
overflow: hidden; 
font-family: arial;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 11px;
}
.tickercontainer a {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 10px;
top: 5px;
width: 208px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 280px;
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;
width: 1000px;
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
}