.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	width: 550px; 
	height: 27px; 
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden; 
	border: 0px solid;
}

.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
	position: relative;
	left: 65px;
	top: 6px;
	width: 480px;
	overflow: hidden;
	border: 0px solid red;
}

ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 480px;
	font: normal 9px 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;
}

ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 0;
	color: #666;
	font: normal 10px Arial Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 

ul.newsticker a:hover{
	color: #333333;
}