Europe shares dip, dollar steady before Fed meets

By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell and the dollar held steady before a Federal Reserve meeting that was expected to lay the groundwork for the first increase in U.S. interest rates in nearly a decade. The Fed is widely expected to remove the word "patient" from its statement on the timing of its first hike since 2006, possibly paving the way for policy tightening as early as June. Tokyo's Nikkei index rose 0.6 percent to a 15-year high on expectations of e