.tickercontainer { /* the outer div with the black border */
background: #fff; 
height: 27px; 
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: 10px;
top: 8px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul.newsticker { /* that's your list */
position: relative;
left: 150px;
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 */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #fff;
}
ul.newsticker a {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0;
color: #ff0000;
font: bold 10px Verdana;
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
} 
ul.newsticker span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
} 

/* jQuery Countdown styles 1.5.5. */
.hasCountdown {
	font-size:11px;
	background-color:#fff;
	font-weight:bold;
}
.hasCountdown span { font-weight:normal;}
.countdown_rtl {
	direction: rtl;
}
.countdown_holding span {
	background-color: #ccc;
}
.countdown_row {
	clear: both;
	width: 100%;
	padding: 0px 2px;
	text-align: center;
}
.countdown_show1 .countdown_section {
	width: 98%;
}
.countdown_show2 .countdown_section {
	width: 48%;
}
.countdown_show3 .countdown_section {
	width: 32.5%;
}
.countdown_show4 .countdown_section {
	width: 20%; 
}
.countdown_show5 .countdown_section {
	width: 19.5%;
}

.countdown_show6 .countdown_section {
	width: 16.25%;
}
.countdown_show7 .countdown_section {
	width: 14%;
}
.countdown_section {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	font-size: 75%;
	text-align: center;
}
.countdown_amount {
	font-size: 12px;
}
.countdown_descr {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
}