.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
background:none; 
width: 100%; 
height: 36px; 
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;
width: 98%;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
font:400 14px/36px robotobold, sans-serif; color:#777;
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: 0;
list-style:disc;
color:#777;
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #202020;
font:400 16px/36px robotoregular, sans-serif;
text-decoration:none;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 8px 0 0;
}