That followed hot on the heels of Ireland's hugely disappointing performance in last year's World Cup.
Hot on the heels of retail sales was a disappointing German labor report.
With the parliamentary polls coming hot on the heels of April's presidential election, there have been concerns over voter turnout.
BBC: France in parliamentary election key to Hollande agenda
Hot on the heels of announcing some fresh gaming notebooks, MSI is showing off yet another laptop -- albeit, one you can't buy yet.
Hot on the heels of the Dashboard update for the Xbox 360, Microsoft's SmartGlass integration is now a reality for Android 4.0 users.
ENGADGET: Xbox SmartGlass now available in Google Play, brings console integration to Android
This comes on hot on the heels of complaints from users that the iOS 6.1 update is draining battery at an alarming rate, and causing handsets to overheat.
Arriva's profit warning comes hot on the heels of a disappointing trading statement from car retailer Car Group which warned that a recent fall in used car prices, depressed demand.
SEOUL, Feb. 18, 2013 - Hot on the heels of the success of Optimus G, LG Electronics (LG) today introduced the newest addition to the G family to the Korean public.
ENGADGET: LG's 5.5-inch Optimus G Pro is the first with a Snapdragon 600 quad-core CPU
Almunia saved a penalty in Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Hull City and with Manchester United and Chelsea both dropping points this weekend, Arsenal are now hot on the heels of the top two.
And Easynet, whose shares were up 20% in early trading on the London stock exchange--hot on the heels of a 10% increase on Friday--confirmed it had received a bid, but was mum on its source.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of a New York Times report yesterday that mined WikiLeaks cables to reveal that Mariah Carey, Usher, and Beyonce had all been employed by the Gadhafi family.
FORBES: Nelly Furtado To Donate $1 Million From Gadhafi Family Concert
Jose Camacho took over from the unimaginative Javier Clemente as coach and that 3-2 defeat to Cyprus, which followed hot on the heels of their failure in the World Cup, proved to be a watershed.
Hot on the heels of its look at what's now called the Xperia T, Mobile-review has given the entry-level Xperia J a full inspection without even the hint of a press release in sight.
ENGADGET: Sony Xperia J gets a pre-unveiling hands-on, suggests we'll get exactly what we pay for
Hot on the heels of the Windows 8 Release Preview, it's claimed by the ever-present "people with knowledge of the matter" that Acer, ASUS and Toshiba will all be showing tablets with the new OS at the Taipei show.
But Milan's performances in the Italian league, with Beckham playing his part, have been more impressive and Sunday's eventual 1-0 win over Chievo left them hot on the heels of arch-rivals and defending champions Inter Milan in the title race.
CNN: Defiant Beckham says he will return after Achilles surgery
Hot on the heels of HTC confirming a Jelly Bean upgrade for select handsets, ASUS released a statement (pasted after the break) assuring tablet owners that all of the company's new tablets, at least, will be upgraded to Android 4.1.
ENGADGET: ASUS Transformer Prime, TF300 and Infinity TF700 getting Jelly Bean in 'the coming months'
Hot on the heels of being crowned the most prolific pirating university in the land, Purdue is donning its halo once again by kicking out yet another invention that will surely make the world a better place to reside.
ENGADGET: Purdue researchers craft handheld chemical analyzer, likens Tricorder
In May, publishers Hachette are putting out re-jacketed editions of the Secret Seven series, illustrated by Tony Ross, hot on the heels of last year's re-issuing of the first five Famous Five titles, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their first publication.
The patches come hot on the heels of the shocking news that the sophisticated "Flame" malware, which was found targeting computers in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, used a forged Microsoft digital signature to pass itself off as a Windows update.
Hot on the heels of Swype's own beta, the Swiftkey beta is now available to download directly from the App Market, and once installed (along with language packs of your choice), it can be used in place of your stock Android soft keyboard.
ENGADGET: Swiftkey beta brings new keyboard, world class predictive text to Android
With the independent announcement of plans for a new Yankee Stadium hot on the heels of the Mets' good fortune -- some fancy sports economics is making new stadium construction highly profitable -- we now have not one, but two stadiums, with no lack of potential jobs.
Although the trial of Rio's employees hinged on the bribes they confessed to taking, the government's decision to arrest them in the first place came hot on the heels of Rio's decision to pull out of a deal with one Chinese state-controlled firm, and amid tense negotiations over the price of iron ore with others.
The company has certainly been hot: On the heels of its first year of sales in 2009, it grabbed 12.6% share of the U.S. market for inverters in the first quarter of this year.
Virgin had their car out on the Silverstone track at the end of last week, but Gascoyne says Lotus are following hot on their heels ahead of Friday's official launch.
On the heels of a hot start for the Galaxy S4, which the company says sold 10 million units in less than a month, the Korean gadget-maker seems to be homing in on the rival iPhone with a handset that promises to be easier to grip than its bulkier cousins in the Galaxy line.
Already a couple of on-line firms, Bookstacks and Bookserve (set up by the sons of a former Ingram boss), are hot on Amazon's heels though they are not as well known.
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