.tickercontainer { /* the outer div  */
	border: none;
	background: #fff; 
	width: 900px; 
	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: 900px;
	overflow: hidden;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 912px;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	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: #fff;
	cursor: default;
}
ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: #ff0000;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
	margin: 0 24px 0 0;
}