.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
		width: 300px; 
		height: 15px; 
		margin: 0; 
		padding: 0;
		position: absolute;
		top: 24px;
		left: 0;
		overflow: hidden; 
	}
	.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
		position: relative;
		left: 0px;
		top: 0px;
		width: 230px;
		overflow: hidden;
	}
	ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
		position: relative;
		left: 230px;
		list-style-type: none;
		margin: 0;
		padding: 0;
		white-space: nowrap;

	}
	ul.newsticker li {
		display: inline; /* important: display inline gives incorrect results when you check for elem's width */
		margin: 0 0 0 0;
		padding: 0;
		white-space: nowrap;
	}
	ul.newsticker li span {
		margin: 0 15px 0 0;
	}
	ul.newsticker li span a {
		text-decoration: underline;
	}