.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
border: 0px solid #000;
background: transparent; 
background-image: url('news-bg.png');
width: 368px; 
height: 102px; 
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: 24px;
top: 35px;
width: 318px;
overflow: hidden;
}


ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 500px;
font: bold 20px Verdana;
color: #fff;
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;
color: #ff0000;
font: bold 20px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 


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