| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Income from continuing operations before attribution of non-controlling interests | 2,754,173 | 2,791,450 | 2,586,385 |
Less: Non-controlling interests from continuing operations | 139,173 | 89,619 | 90,008 |
Net income from continuing operations | 2,615,000 | 2,701,831 | 2,496,377 |
Income from operations and disposals of discontinued operations, net of taxes | - | 163,497 | 22,513 |
Less: Non-controlling interests from discontinuing operations | - | - | - |
Net income attributable to the controlling interest | 2,615,000 | 2,865,328 | 2,518,890 |
Less: Preferred dividends declared | 370,983 | 342,825 | 316,548 |
Less: Allocation of undistributed earnings to preferred stockholders | 827,126 | 972,955 | 836,383 |
Continuing operations | 827,126 | 896,100 | 825,800 |
Discontinued operations | - | 76,855 | 10,583 |
Net income allocated to common shareholders for basic and diluted EPS | 1,416,891 | 1,549,548 | 1,365,959 |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding used in basic EPS calculation (In millions) | 510 | 510 | 510 |
Basic and Diluted earnings per share to common shareholders | 2,780 | 3,040 | 2,680 |
From continuing operations | 2,780 | 2,870 | 2,656 |
From discontinuing operations | - | 170 | 24 |