finger in the pie

Investigators, he said, should "be left alone" to carry out their work "free from interference from states, governments, or anybody else who has a finger in the pie".

“Everybody gets their finger in the pie, and they turn it into mush.”

“One of the reasons global car companies do something like this is they want to have a finger in the pie. Should we suddenly have to shift over, they want to be able to do it,” said Jack Nerad, an executive market analyst with Kelley Blue Book.

“One of the reasons global car companies do something like this is they want to have a finger in the pie. Should we suddenly have to shift over, they want to be able to do it,” said Jack Nerad, an executive market analyst with Kelley Blue Book.

Vivendi has a stake in France’s Canal Plus and has a finger in the pie in Italian pay television via Telecom Italia Telecom Italia, while Sky has strong positions in Britain and Germany.