Internet giant Yahoo has posted a $153m (£95m) net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, but has seen sales continue to fall.

互联网巨头雅虎2009年第四季度净利润达1.53亿美元，但是销售额持续下降。

Yahoo says 2009 was a "transformative" year for the business

The profit figure compares with a $303m loss in the same period in 2008, but revenue税收，收益 fell 4% to $1.7bn.

Yahoo struggled during the global downturn低迷时期，衰退 as advertisers广告商 trimmed削减，整理 their budgets. The firm cut more than 2,000 jobs to try to reduce costs.

Shares in Yahoo rose 1% in after-hours trading in New York to $16.17?.

"The fourth quarter marked a strong finish to 2009, which was a transformative变化的，有改革能力的 year for Yahoo," said chief executive Carol Bartz.

"Our business has positive momentum动力，势头 and we feel good as we head into 2010."

For the whole of 2009, Yahoo made a £598m profit, up 43% on the previous year.