.tickercontainer {
border: 1px solid #000;
background: #815800;
background-image: url(scbg.gif);                                                                              
width: 900px; 
height: 27px; 
margin: 8px 0 0 0; 
padding: 0
overflow: hidden;
text-align: left;
}

.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 90px;
top: 8px;
width: 780px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 750px;
font: normal 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;
/* background: #fff; */
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #000;
font: bold 10px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
}
ul.newsticker b {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #000;
font: bold 10px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
}


ul.newsticker a:hover {
color: #fff;
} 

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