.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	height: 16px;
	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: 10px;
	top: 2px;
	width:960px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 750px;
	font: bold;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

ul.newsticker li {
	float: left; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
	list-style-type:none;
}

ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: #ccc;
	font: bold;
	margin: 0 20px 0 20;
	padding: 0px 20px;
	border-right:1px dotted white;
	list-style-type:none;
}

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