.tickercontainer
{
    /* the outer div with the black border */
    border: 1px solid #ab6c38;
    background: #fff;
    width: 570px;
    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;
    right: 10px;
    top: 4px;
    width: 588px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker
{
    /* that's your list */
    position: relative;
    right: 620px;
    font: bold 14px Tahoma;
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
ul.newsticker li
{
    float: right; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0px 30px;
    background: #fff;
    background-image: url('../images/bullet.gif');
    background-position: right;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
ul.newsticker a
{
    text-decoration: underline;
}
ul.newsticker span
{
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}