p {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
}

.section {
    padding: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
}

.section ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin-top: 0px;
}

.section ul li {
    display: inline;
}

.section ul a {
    background-color: #ECECEC;
    border: 1px solid #999999;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px;
    display: block;
    float: left;
    margin: 1px;
}

.section ul a:hover {
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    border: 0px solid #333333;
}

.section ul a img {
    border: 0px solid #999999;
}

.section span.code {
    font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
    margin-left: 10px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    font-size: 11px;
    border-left: 1px solid #000;
}

.section .link {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-style: italic;
    padding-left: 10px;
    margin-left: 10px;
}

.section .important {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.section .title {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 16px;
}

.clear {
    clear: left;
}

.section.header {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 12px;
    padding-top: 0px;
    border-top: none;
}

.section.footer {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 12px;
    padding-top: 0px;
}

.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
width: 700px; 
height: 90px; 
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;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 680px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 700px;
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: 0;
}