.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	width: 945px;
	height: 25px;
	background: #FFF;
	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: 0;
	top: 0;
	width: 945px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 750px;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

ul.newsticker li {
	height: 25px;
	float: left; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: #fff;
	line-height: 25px;
	font-size: 1.1em;
}

	ul.newsticker li div {
		margin: 0 10px 0 15px;
		padding: 0 10px;
		float: left;
		background-color: #a31f00;
		color: #FFF;
		font-weight: bold;
		line-height: 25px;
	}

ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: #ff0000;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
}