YankeeJim:Now I know what you're talking about and Adblock does fix that-it did for me. When you right click on it in the menu that pops up you should see a choice for Adblock. Clicking on the 2nd option will take you to an interface that's fairly straightforward. You won't get the option to block the ad directly, you have to let Adblock figure it out with your help. They walk you through. Worked for me. :-)
When I loaded CD for the first time in like forever, I had ads all over the place ... so I did a search for AdBlock and saw the link for it and AdBlock Plus. I mistakenly loaded AdBlock Plus. It did a great job getting rid of the ads, just wouldn't remove the ticker.
After reading all the "right-click" AdBlock comments, I went back and installed AdBlock, then removed AdBlock Plus. That did the trick.
Thanks all ... just make sure you load AdBlock and not AdBlock Plus if you wish to get rid of the ticker.