.tickercontainer { /* the outer div */
background: #fff; 
width: 958px; 
height: 35px; 
margin: 0 auto 11px auto;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden; 
border-top:1px solid #ddd;
border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
top: 7px;
height: 18px;
width: 914px;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
margin-left: 20px;
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-right: 30px;
color: #1F4F82; 
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 600;
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
text-decoration: none; 
color: #e57001; 
} 
ul.newsticker a:hover {
text-decoration: none; 
color: #1F4F82; 
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}