.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
width: 590px; 
height: 27px; 
margin: 0; 
padding: 0
overflow: hidden;
margin-left: 32px;
margin-top: -60px;
*margin-top: -63px;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 5px;
top: -25px;
width: 585px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 300px;

	font-family: arial, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;	

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, ul.newsticker a:link, ul.newsticker a:visited, ul.newsticker a:active, ul.newsticker a:hover {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #000000;

	font-family: arial, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;	
	
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
	color: #ffffff;

}