.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
width: 799px; 
height: 24px; 
margin: 0; 
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden; 
float:left;
}
.tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 779px;
overflow: hidden;

}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 564px;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul.newsticker li {
padding:0 20px 0 0; margin:0 0 0 20px; font-size:1.3em; border-right:1px solid #669751; display:inline
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}