.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
	border: 1px solid #919191;
background: #ffffff;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%, #f6f6f6 47%, #ededed 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#ffffff), color-stop(47%,#f6f6f6), color-stop(100%,#ededed));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#f6f6f6 47%,#ededed 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#f6f6f6 47%,#ededed 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#f6f6f6 47%,#ededed 100%);
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #ffffff 0%,#f6f6f6 47%,#ededed 100%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#ededed',GradientType=0 );
	width: 100%;
	height: 27px;
	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;
top: 8px;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 750px;
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;
}
ul.newsticker li img {
	vertical-align: middle;
	width:16px;
	height:16px;
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #ff0000;
font: bold 10px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}