div#global div.marquee.nostyle div.tickercontainer,
div.marquee.nostyle div.tickercontainer
{ /* the outer div with the black border */
border: 1px solid #000;
background: #fff; 
width: 738px; 
height: 27px; 
margin: 0; 
padding: 0
overflow: hidden; 
}
div.marquee.nostyle .tickercontainer .mask { /* that serves as a mask. so you get a sort of padding both left and right */
position: relative;
left: 10px;
top: 8px;
width: 3000px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
font: bold 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 */
padding: 0;
padding-left:20px;
background: #fff;
}