UPDATE 1-S&P fails to convince U.S. judge to split up $5 bln fraud case
April 15, 2014 at 16:42 PM EDT
April 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Standard & Poor's to split up the U.S. government's $5 billion lawsuit accusing it of lying about its credit ratings, paving the way for a single trial in the civil fraud case.