text: Qwest to Settle with SEC for \$250 Million  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International  Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=Q.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;Q.N&lt;/A&gt; has agreed to pay \$250 million to settle financial  and disclosure fraud charges, a source familiar with the matter  said on Friday.