Editorial - Big Tobacco, Meet Big Philanthropy - Editorial - NYTimes.com

Editorial - Big Tobacco, Meet Big Philanthropy - Editorial - NYTimes.com: "Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Gates jointly announced commitments from their charitable foundations last week that will raise the money available to roughly $500 million over the next several years. Mr. Bloomberg plans to invest another $250 million over the next four years on top of $125 million that already had been committed. Mr. Gates, who was happy to join the crusade, is to allocate $125 million over five years."