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UPS calling: Your small business could win $25k

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is looking for some good innovative small businesses. And if they are really good, the company is willing to cough up $25,000.

That's right, $25k.

In honor of the company's Centennial celebration, UPS has kicked off its third annual UPS Best "Out-of-the-Box" Small Business Contest, and this time it's going global.

UPS said the international contest will honor "the most innovative small businesses," and specifically designed the contest for companies with 2006 revenues of at least $250,000 but not more than $10 million. To enter, owners or employees must fill out an entry form here and submit a 500-word essay explaining why their company is original and how their business has been successful.

Last year Money Savvy Pig, a company dedicated to teaching children about money management and another that provides products and ideas to help people with dementia, The Alzheimer's Store, won for creative thinking and original business concepts.

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