.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	width: 310px;
	height: 20px;
padding: 0
overflow: hidden;
	padding-left: 0px;
	margin-top: 0;
	margin-right: 0;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-left: 0px;
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 2px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 2px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #8AB523;
	border-right-color: #8AB523;
	border-bottom-color: #8AB523;
	border-left-color: #8AB523;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
	position: relative;
	left: 0px;
	top: 5px;
	width: 310px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 300px;
	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;
	color: #4B473E;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
}
ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
	color: #000;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}