.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	border-right: 0 none;
	border-left: 0 none;
	background-color: transparent;
	width: 290px; 
	height: 27px; 
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden; 
	border-right: 2px solid #d3a472;
	border-left: 2px solid #d3a472;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
	position: relative;
	left: 0px;
	top: 4px;
	width: 290px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 290px;
	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;
	background-color: transparent;
	background-image: none;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: #bc0000 !important;
	font: italic bold 12px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin: 0 0px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}