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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share |
Earnings per share |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | (22,165) |  | $ | (9,859) |  | $ | (21,472) |  | $ | 138,446
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings (loss) per share |  | 84,233 |  |  | 84,005 |  |  | 84,262 |  |  | 83,897
Effects of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Stock options |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 209
| Restricted stock units |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 570
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings (loss) per share |  | 84,233 |  |  | 84,005 |  |  | 84,262 |  |  | 84,676
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | (0.26) |  | $ | (0.12) |  | $ | (0.25) |  | $ | 1.65
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | (0.26) |  | $ | (0.12) |  | $ | (0.25) |  | $ | 1.64
Summary of antidilutive shares |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
(Shares in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options | 3,484 |  | 3,416 |  | 3,234 |  | 2,126
Restricted stock units | 1,226 |  | 1,243 |  | 1,189 |  | 305

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