.tickercontainer {
	border: 0px solid #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #DCE4F1;
	width: 735px; 
	height: 17px; 
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden; 
	margin-top: -5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	clear: both;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
	position: relative;
	left: 10px;
	top: 0px;
	width: 718px;
	overflow: hidden;
	border: 0;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
	position: relative;
	left: 750px;
	font: normal 10px Verdana;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
}
ul.newsticker li {
	float: left; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background-image: none!important;
}
ul.newsticker a {
	white-space: nowrap;
	padding: 0;
	color: #264d88;
	font: bold 12px Verdana;
	margin: 0 50px 0 0;
	text-decoration: none;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
	display: none;
}