.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	width: 860px;
	height: 30px;
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	direction:rtl;
	background-color: #e6e4e4;
	margin: 0;
	font-size:14px;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
right: 0px;
top: 7px;
width: 870px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: -855px;
	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;
padding: 0;
color: #ff0000;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}