I know it is childish, but I always enjoy this difference between US and British English.
In British English when someone is annoyed they may be described as 'pissed off'. Describing someone as being 'pissed' means they are drunk! These US articles paint such vivid surrealism in my mind. In this case I love the idea of all of the investors being permanently inebriated.
There is a lovely part of the 'special relationship' where the US doesnt care what the UK thinks of them, and therefore the UK has great fun at their expense. I suppose that is a win win situation? The US projects an image of being the leader of so many things, and the rest of the world jokes about how arrogant this is.